National Star Foundation’s award winning travel programme, Lift Training, is celebrating its 5th year enabling disabled, people to independently access education and employment activities, through public transport services.
Since it was launched in 2007, it has supported over 300 students in Gloucestershire – and 90 per cent of the students have progressed to independent travel.
Since it was launched in 2007, it has supported over 300 students in Gloucestershire – and 90 per cent of the students have progressed to independent travel.
The programme is free to full time students and provides a combination of one-on-one practical support and an opportunity to gain an accredited Edexcel qualification on specific transport routes to support individuals with high transport dependency to be confident, successful and independent travellers.
Lift Training student, Robert Fisher, said: “My mum offered to give me a lift one day but I wanted to take the bus by myself. It was great being able to do this. I’m so pleased I did LIFT!”
Robert’s Mum, Janet Fisher, said: “The course has helped Robert gain much more confidence, he is naturally quite quiet so this was a big step for him to achieve. The course has also given me peace of mind knowing he has the knowledge to keep himself safe when travelling alone.”
Natalie Wadley, Business Development manager said: “The ability to travel independently underpins so many aspects of life from choices about our education to where we live and work. The personalised approach of Lift Training enables high success rates that have long lasting impacts on the lives of disabled, disadvantaged and vulnerable people.”
Initially introduced as a Gloucestershire based project run in partnership with National Star Foundation and Gloucestershire County Council, the programme is now being rolled out across other counties.
National Star Foundation is working with Derbyshire County Council to increase independent travel across the East Midlands county, focusing on home-to-school and home-to-college journeys.
Lift Training is now recruiting students for the September-December course. For further information see www.natstar.ac.uk/lifttraining.
National Star Foundation is working with Derbyshire County Council to increase independent travel across the East Midlands county, focusing on home-to-school and home-to-college journeys.
Lift Training is now recruiting students for the September-December course. For further information see www.natstar.ac.uk/lifttraining.
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